“Sometimes I don't know if Zelda isn't a character that I created myself.”

“Sometimes I don't know whether I'm real or whether I'm a character in one of my novels.”

“I know myself," he cried, "but that is all.”

“He tries to go to life. So does every author except the very worst, but after all most of them live on predigested food. The incident or character may be from life, but the writer usually interprets it in terms of the last book he read. For instance, suppose he meets a sea captain and thinks he's an original character. The truth is that he sees the resemblance between the sea captain and the last sea captain Dana created, or who-ever creates sea captains, and therefore he knows how to set this sea captain on paper”

“He lifted his arms to the crystaline, radiant sky."I know myself," he cried, "but that is all.”

“mother says that two souls are sometimes created together and--and in love before they're born.”

“But I hate to get anywhere by working for it. I'll show the marks, don't you know.”